Carnelian
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- Comment on Anon reads nihilist philosophy 1 week ago:
That’s awesome, I’m so glad to hear it! And beyond just your own family, people you may never directly hear from might see your perspective here and have their lives improved in turn, in whatever small way. There’s a certain momentum to it that we can all contribute to
- Comment on Frog and Toad 1 week ago:
Traditionally the drug is sold to you on perforated paper, which you plop in your mouth for a while before discarding. It comes in “sheets” of a 100 doses, “strips” of ten, and “tabs” of one single dose. You can pretty easily cut a tab in half with scissors to take a half dose if desired.
The actual amount per tab depends on the person who made it and the conditions it has been in since. The “standard” is 100 micrograms, in practice you could see anything from like 50-120.
“Recommend” is a strong word, as much as people love it it’s irresponsible to “recommend”. But usually if you get a new strip (or if it’s literally your first time) it’s wise to try half a dose first. Make sure your set and setting are on point at any dose. If you have a great experience and want to try larger doses it’s wise to try gradual increases rather than take huge jumps. Lots of people decide that first half tab is absolutely perfect and never feel the need to go higher
- Comment on Anon reads nihilist philosophy 1 week ago:
except predication of choice makes it literally not inherent
Things aren’t any less meaningful just because you chose them. For example I’ve been playing the same guitar for over 20 years. That instrument is now inherently meaningful to me in a way that others are not. It’s inherently irreplaceable to me. You’ll find most musicians bond with their instrument in a similar way
neither does potential imply inherent either
Of course it does. Every time a guitar is destroyed on stage thousands of discussions break out about how upsetting and wasteful it is. How it could have been so meaningful to a child who wants to play but doesn’t have the means.
We see these things and we want to connect them with the people who their meaning will most benefit, precisely because they are inherently meaningful.
big list of horrible things
The question of whether or not you will experience extreme suffering is not relevant to the meaning your life possesses. The 5,000 people who were just swept away in Nepal have not had their lives rendered meaningless, regardless of whether or not they would have chosen not to be born if they knew that would be their fate
- Comment on Anon reads nihilist philosophy 1 week ago:
Okay, so it is possible to find inherent meaning in lives you did not create. Yay!
For part 2, you’re ignoring my question.
Why would your thought experiment ghost even be considering life? Even before the point of knowing whether it would be “good or bad”. Why does it bother checking that at all?
Put another way: when some dumb loser asks if I want to invest in an NFT, I don’t even need to consider that. I know inherently that what I’m being offered is fundamentally without value to anyone.
The fact that you are evaluating your life at all in your thought experiment implies that the thing you are being offered has the potential to be valuable, yes?
- Comment on Anon reads nihilist philosophy 1 week ago:
only while the kids exist as you forced them into existence
Many parents have the same realization about their adopted children. You could argue that both types of parents are delusional but the causality isn’t relevant
imagine you could see your entire life
The capacity for imagining your whole life presupposes that you have already begun living, silly :3 but okay. Why would this primordial spirit be interested in life at all if it’s optional? Is living your life inherently worth considering, or something?
- Comment on Anon reads nihilist philosophy 1 week ago:
If you accept that caring for the wellbeing of your kids is inherently meaningful then you must also accept there is meaning inherent in taking care of your own self :3
- Comment on Mmmm tasty 1 week ago:
Never tried the European one but the one here tastes like a manufacturing precursor to battery acid
- Comment on DuckDuckGo's "hide ai images" option still shows AI images that are clearly tagged on the site 1 week ago:
Sadly this splits the timeline, so this version of us will remain trapped here with the cats
- Comment on This homeless character, who doesn't go to the gym and survives on junk food, somehow weights 300lbs of pure muscle 2 weeks ago:
Reading around a bit now, I guess officially he denies steroid use during season 1 and says he only began using before season 2 after the season 1 push “wrecked his body” and he got some scary bloodwork relating to suppressed testosterone levels
So if we take that at face value, it seems like he was having health issues at one point which steroids then fixed lol.
Random side note, but I went looking around his socials to see if he was shilling anything and he appears to have a freaky ai generated image of him one arm deadlifting 3 plates while chilling on a wooden deck and talking on the phone. Featured prominently on his personal website
- Comment on JOHNSON SWORN AS PRESIDENT; LEFTIST JAILED AS SLAYER 2 weeks ago:
Thank you for stimulating the economy!
- Comment on This homeless character, who doesn't go to the gym and survives on junk food, somehow weights 300lbs of pure muscle 2 weeks ago:
Well according to a couple random sources he’s actually around 235 in this photo.
At 6’3, that would imply that he has an elevated risk of high blood pressure. Sometimes people who are engaged in consistent vigorous exercise can maintain normal blood pressure at that weight, but it’s fairly likely he’s abusing steroids for the role, which are strongly correlated with high blood pressure.
So most likely not great
- Comment on Lemmy Just Introduced a New Engagement Method 3 weeks ago:
Thank you for making me more appealing to sponsors!
- Comment on Oldest US inmate dies at 101 after getting 8 last meals as executions were repeatedly called off 3 weeks ago:
The “I’m not even sure if he was there” line was crazy lol
- Comment on Time for therapy 4 weeks ago:
I also imagine this guy’s kids’ crafts
- Comment on pied 5 weeks ago:
Truly all cum posters are living in Violet’s shadow
- Comment on 🤓☝️ 1 month ago:
Gil already thought about this is and is just commenting for attention
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Yeah you seem like a great science communicator
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
If you are so concerned about confusion, you should refrain from ever explaining or offering advice to anyone moving forward
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
extra weight
Correct, this part is where you were wrong, as you have now agreed in writing.
Why would anyone get hurt by that?
You are actively encouraging people to develop osteoporosis and sarcopenia. Secondarily, you are steering them away from the massive list of other proven benefits of training, such as reduced injury risk and improved mental health.
It’s literally as insane as telling people to avoid drinking water because drinking alcohol is bad for you, and those are both things you drink. And then posting a random study about the health outcomes of alcoholics and literally lying through your teeth as you say the study is about drinking in general, whether it be water or alcohol.
It’s shockingly disingenuous and unethical
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
I don’t know why you’re still talking about it but yes. Exclusive bicep focus is not a good strategy for improving your health. Nobody ever said otherwise, not even the meme (the subject has a fully developed upper body, and the angle even shows off the whole back). Just let it go
It’s also literally irrelevant. The reason you pissed off 100% of the community is not because you dislike bicep training, but because you posted dangerous medical misinformation, which is still in fact in your original post. You have now agreed that you were wrong about that. You should edit your post to correct your mistake
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Okay, great. Yes overt illegal drug abuse is extremely harmful. You also happen to be talking to someone who dislikes the scummy supplement industry in general. I go as far as steering people away from creatine and protein supplements. I agree, the whole association between drugs/supplements and broader gym culture is extremely problematic
The final thing is the difference between resistance training and cardio. They are not positioned against one another whatsoever, in fact as you become stronger you need a higher base of cardio to continue to progress.
So in conclusion:
Cardio: good
Resistance training as defined by the linked wikipedia article: good
Muscle hypertrophy resulting from resistance training: good
Drug abuse: bad
Excessive mass gain possible only via drug abuse: bad
Doing nothing but bicep curls: bad
Does this all feel aboveboard?
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Okay I’m looking at the meme, please hold.
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Excellent, yes it is exactly how I remembered it.
But why are you talking to me incessantly about exclusive bicep focus when literally the first thing I said to you was to go ahead and skip direct bicep training because it doesn’t matter?
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Who is this biceps only person you are obsessed with?
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Muscle building is a primary effect of resistance training. Bolded that for you above.
You are not being misinterpreted. You are wrong.
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
A commercial gym is not necessary!
So “general activity” I can only assume is stuff like going on walks and hikes, playing sports, enjoying the outdoors, and so on. This will generally fall under the umbrella of cardiovascular exercise which is extremely good, and you should do
Resistance training is typically performed in much shorter bouts of intense activity. It’s very convenient in a gym, but you can do pretty much everything you need with the right setup (bench press is very similar to pushups, for example, which don’t require equipment.)
The biggest challenge outside of a gym is how to progress movements. For example, once you can do 50 pushups, how could you make it harder so that the movement would be appropriately challenging, and not take all day? And then another issue sometimes can be training the muscles of the back without equipment, typically done via pull-ups and rows.
But ultimately everything is doable! Check out the youtube channel “Hybrid Calisthenics”, he’s got a ton of excellent content aimed directly at this question. He also sells cheap gymnastics rings which handily solve the muscles-of-the-back problem, if you have somewhere to hang them from (even a tree!)
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
I see, so in the end, you have decided to persist in falsehood. I hope you know that through humility, it is still possible for you to be redeemed from this shame.
Beyond that, the actual content in your latest comment here is ludicrous beyond credulity. You continue to literally lie about the contents of the study. You assert imagined facts about bodybuilding as a whole that nobody else ascribes to. You propose a ridiculous false dichotomy between aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
It is my hope that everyone will be able to easily see through what you are doing. Here is some accessible educational material for those who may possibly be confused by your continued repetition of dangerous and misleading information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_training
Some highlights, emphasis mine:
Strength training, also known as weight training or resistance training, is exercise designed to improve physical strength. It may involve lifting weights, bodyweight exercises (such as push-ups, pull-ups, and squats), isometrics (holding a position under tension, such as planks), and plyometrics (explosive movements like jump squats and box jumps).
The effects of strength training include greater muscular strength, improved muscle tone and appearance, increased endurance, cardiovascular health, and enhanced bone density. These benefits contribute not only to athletic performance but also to long-term health and independence, especially as individuals age.
Regular resistance training supports metabolic function, helps regulate body weight, and can improve mental well-being through the release of endorphins.
Strength training also provides functional benefits. Stronger muscles improve posture, provide better support for joints, and reduce the risk of injury from everyday activities.
Engaging in strength training has been linked to a 10-17% reduction in the risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and lung cancer. Two of its primary effects-muscle growth (hypertrophy) and increased muscular strength-are both associated with improved longevity and lower mortality rates.
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Perhaps once you understand why you are wrong, and you realize how much your error has the potential to harm people, you will apologize.
This study is definitionally unrelated to any form of resistance training, or the additional total body mass that you can acquire via resistance training.
It is an observational study on the outcomes of IFBB contestants. For anyone who doesn’t know, the IFBB is the primary bodybuilding federation for drug abusers. They run the “Mr. Olympia” contest which you may have heard of.
The drug abuse they glorify directly results in many extreme health issues including sudden cardiac death, in exchange for levels of muscle gain that far exceed what is possible for any natural athlete.
I want to be clear. What they are doing is extreme, illegal, dangerous, and critically, not related to resistance training in any meaningful way. The body will not allow you to become so muscular that it harms you, which is why these extreme athletes need illegal drugs to become so large in the first place.
It is shockingly irresponsible and ethically wrong for you to withhold this necessary context, and to so severely contort this paper into your unrelated false conclusion
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
It should go without saying that illegal drug abuse causes countless extreme health issues
You may be surprised to learn that non-drug abusing bodybuilders usually max out around the 150-170lb mark on stage. There are very hard limits to how much muscle your body will let you build
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Honestly I would say consistency is somewhat overrated in the grand scheme of things
ALERT. ALERT. OVERRATED DOES NOT MEAN BAD
Consistency is obviously extremely good. I used to preach it. But honestly, I took on a client with severe intermittent health issues which results in them having about 50% adherence (meaning they miss, on average, about half their training sessions)
And they ended up progressing just fine lol
Actually I feel like a far bigger risk is for people to assume they need to have perfect consistency, then drop training altogether when they aren’t able to meet that high standard.
The critical thing to understand is that resistance training is EXTREMELY potent for beginners. Even inconsistent effort will do pretty amazing things for your health
- Comment on How to summon a group of gym bros (100% working tutorial 2026) 1 month ago:
Resistance training is not bodybuilding
Correct. Bodybuilding is a presentation sport with a variety of rulesets and judging criteria. Resistance training is a form of exercise with many proven physical and mental benefits
Most athletic people I’ve seen (especially runners) often look like they have no muscle
Usain Bolt was phenomenally muscular when he was competing, as are most sprinters. Many recognized Olympic sports reward larger physiques
Biceps have nothing to do with longevity.
You have my permission to skip direct bicep training.
Just make sure, assuming you want the full spectrum of proven benefits, that you hit your pulls (such as rows and pull ups, or appropriately scaled variations). This will heavily involve your biceps just so you know, but the main focus is the back.
In fact, extra weight is extra load on heart.
Dangerous medical misinformation, you should delete this. Resistance training has proven cardiac benefits. There is zero risk of acquiring “too much” muscle mass